U.S. officials told NBC that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is prepared to send Ukraine the longer-range ATACMS variation in one of its first aid packages if Congress approves the funding.
I don’t think that it’ll fundamentally change the calculus. The quantities are probably not going to be large, and the Storm Shadow/SCALP can manage a greater range, and the warhead is smaller than theirs.
The shorter-range cluster ATACMS was better than either for what Ukraine used it for; hitting an airfield full of helicopters. But the unitary-warhead ATACMS doesn’t qualitatively change the picture, as it overlaps with what’s already present.
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